I am going to be working with my small child (almost 3) to teach him how to read and program at the same time using:
http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/658960/
Hopefully my "tests" will go well and will video document.
http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/658960/
Hopefully my "tests" will go well and will video document.
Learning to read is intensely political, with fierce arguments around it. At the moment "synthetic phonics" is recommended.
An app that correctly teaches parents the sounds used would be great! (Also, apps that teach parents 'new math', eg chunking, would be handy.)
Yes, depends how it's done but one thing is to know programming and a very different one how to teach it. I expanded my approach in a new thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6112737
I think Scratch and Alice 3D are complex for a 3 years old. For that age I would recommend to move something real/a-physical-object like a car or a robot instead of watching exclusively the computer screen.
Yes, they may be complex - my son was not really interested when he was 3 and I showed him Scratch. I'm frankly more inclined to go with pure text or my next try (he's 4 now; I started at 5; I'm not assuming he's guaranteed to show the same interest I did, but I'm certainly going to ensure he gets the opportunity).